Award Nominations
Awards held on Sunday August 4th following Red Carpet Event

Best Actor Drama
Hamza Zaman for Sickness
WINNER Godfrey J Rayner for Fresh Air
John Torres for Breakdown
Josh Zuckerman for Made Public
Will Hue for Alternate Ego
Anthony Grasso for Kill Al
Kelvin Oppong for Dependence

Best Actress Drama
WINNER Halina James for Quantum
Carrie Anne Hunt for The Farmhand
Tawny Sorensen for As One
Jeanine Mason for Made Public
Alexandra Sadeghian for The Lost Sister
Sofia Pellegrino for The Last Cry

Best Actor Comedy Short
Jared Rinadi for Bathing Bandit
WINNER Jack Mulcahy for The House on Cox Curve
Loring Murtha for The Last Flicker
Mark Stolzenberg for Sisters Again
Nick Gangone for Swipe Right
Mike Vezza for Bathing Bandit
Rob Brock for The Last Flicker
Brett Eidman for Coach of the Year

Best Actress Comedy Short
Jillian Santacroce for Cool Aunt
Claire Karpen for The House of Cox Curve
WINNER Laura Petersen for the Bathing Bandit
Jeanine Bartel for The Spy Who Scratched Me
Lina Zinecker for Our Sense of Humor
Katherine McDowell for Last Flicker

Best Actor Horror
WINNER Taylor Allen for Teddy
David Negrete Ornelas for Damian
Jesse Massaro for Below a Dank Wood
Jim Schubin for Waiting for Hope
Scott Gorbach for Matryoshka
Ryan Wesen for Preparation

Best Actress Horror
WINNER Bettina Skye for Play Date
Alanna J. Smith for Preparation
Angie Hansen for Matryoshka
Heather Drew for MissUnderstood Monster
Rebecca Martin for Rat a Tat
Chloe Carroll for Waiting for Hope

Best Supporting Actor
Eugene Blaise for To Love or Not to Love
David Patrick Wilson for Three for the Road
Ryan Willard for Quantum
Alejandro Chamorro for The Last Cry
Lars Elly for Happy Birthday, Papa
WINNER Nick Dillenburg for As One

Best Supporting Actress
Lisa Younger for The House of Cox Curve
Jacinth Headlam for Breakdown
Rocío Mendez for Coffee and Donuts
Candice Lam for Alternate Ego
Renée Stork for Kill Al
Christina Garced for Lost and Found
WINNER Josephine Cooper for Suction

Best Director Drama
Anthony Grasso for Fresh Air
Ryan Willard for Quantum
WINNER Sofia Pellegrino for The Last Cry
Foster Wilson for Made Public
David Spaltro for As One
Rolfin Nyhus for Hollow Pond
Dan Gregory for Lost and Found

Best Director Comedy
WINNER Zack Kron for The Last Flicker
Rachel Navarro for Our Sense of Humor
Mark Stolzenberg for Sisters Again
Melissa Skirboll for The Spy Who Scratched Me
Eamon O'Rourke For The House on Cox Curve 
Larry Rosen for The Bathing Bandit
George Massimillo for Mutha Friggers

Best Director Horror
Lindsay Serrano for MissUnderstood Monster
Mark Clauburg for Preparation
Manny Serrano for Matryoshka
José Luis Anaya for Damian
WINNER Philip Kral for Rat a Tat
Bill Slovick for Below a Dank Wood

Best Comedy
WINNER The House on Cox Curve
The Bathing Bandit
RUNNER UP The Last Flicker
3 For the Road 
Sister Again 
Vicious Cycles 
Trash
Dream Date

Best Drama
WINNER Quantum
Coffee and a Donut
The Farmhand
As One
What a Wonderful World
RUNNER UP Fresh Air
The Last Cry

Best Horror/Thriller
WINNER Preparation
Matryoshka
Damian
RUNNER UP Playdate
Angry Man
Teddy

Best Short Short
RUNNER UP The Lost Sister
Two Down
Congratulations
Forgotten
Our Sense of Humor
Sickness
Lou
WINNER When I Loved Her

Best Micro Short
Coach of the Year
Moving On
RUNNER UP Test Drive
WINNER Cool Aunt
Snapped
Waiting for Hope

Best NJ Short-Drama
WINNER Dependence
RUNNER UP Suction
Shift da World
The Angry Man
The Naked Truth
Toilet Prayers
22
Lou
The Lost Sister

Best Cinematography
Hollow Pond
WINNER Happy Birthday Papa
Quantum
The Farmhand
Made Public
Damian
RUNNER UP Lou

Best Concept
The Farmhand
RUNNER UP Coffee and a Donut
WINNER What a Wonderful World
Happy Birthday Papa
Shooting in Astoria
Made Public
Suction
Aphrodite

Best Ensemble
The House on Cox Curve
Inequalidee
WINNER 3 For the Road
RUNNER UP Sisters Again
Made Public
The Farmhand
Fresh Air
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Best International Film
When the Music Stops Playing
WINNER London
RUNNER UP Hollow Pond
Two Down
Damian

Best Script
Angel Connell for Evening of the Evil Eye
Jeremy Brown for Nomad
Bernhard Riedhammer for Cardboard Box
WINNER Paul Weidknecht for Independence Night

First Time Director - Dan Gregory
Best Comic Duo Male - Mike Vezza and Jared Rinadi
Best Comic Duo Female - Judy Copeland and Helen Mandlin

AUGUST 2019 FESTIVAL ACHIEVMENT AWARDS
NJ Achievement in The Art of Acting Award: ANTHONY ROBERT GRASSO

STUDENT NOMINATIONS
Awards to be held Saturday, August 3rd, following Red Carpet Event

Best Actor in a Student Film College
Nick Burchard for The Fear is Love
Matthew Walker for The Difference
WINNER Ethan Burger for Burnout
Austin Voorhees for Burnout
Brent Leoni for Domino

Best Actress in a Student Film College
WINNER Remington Ford for The Fear is Love
Jordana Lloyd for The Difference
Ioanna Vargianiti for Burnout
Grace Hazen for Domino
Gabrielle Galloway for Hazel

Best Director College
Brielle Cruz for Burnout
Sara Eustáquio for Hazel
WINNER Brent Leoni for Domino
Colin Stewart for The Fear is Love
Daniel Colella for Summer Storm
Bela Baptiste for Percht

Best Film College
Hazel
Domino
Difference
WINNER The Fear is Love
A Meal Alone
Burnout

Best Cinematography College
WINNER Percht
A Meal Alone
Difference
Domino
The Fear is Love
Hazel

Best Concept College
Bird and Worm
WINNER A Meal Alone
RUNNER UP Summer Storm
Domino
Difference
The Fear is Love

Best Animation College - Bird and Worm 
Rising Star - Daniel Colella
Best Special Effects College - A Meal Alone 
Best Ensemble College - Domino

Best Actor in a Student Film High School
WINNER Jeff Alcade for The Term Paper
Enoch Tirado for After Dark
Jeff Alcade for Surveillance
Michael Salmon for Run
Thomas Hernandez for What’s the Point

Best Actress in a Student Film High School
Sylvie Shuetz for Run
Cat Scelza for The Term Paper
WINNER Aviel Bolesa for After Dark
Kayla Williams for Run
Sophie Jackson for The Hole

Best Director-High School
Michelle Burger for Run
Yazemin Yilmaz for Music is Powerful
Morgan Barth for Test
Joey Scelza for Star Wars Uprising
John Li for Dancing on Black and White
WINNER Isaiah Gomez for After Dark
Victoria Gomez for Dancers that Inspire

Best Film High School
Music is Powerful
After Dark
Test
The Term Paper
Dancing on Black and White
RUNNER UP Dancers that Inspire
WINNER What’s The Point

Best Comedy High School
The Hole
Voodoo
WINNER The Term Paper
Man’s Best Friend
RUNNER UP The Last Slice
Surveillance
Garbage Friends

Best Experimental-High School
RUNNER UP What’s your favorite part of life?
Slip from Memory
WINNER I Can’t Even Feel It
Lights Out
Yume
Royal Luninosity
Iterum
Refresh

Best Concept High School
RUNNER UP Star Wars the Rebel Uprising
What’s the Point
WINNER Will You Be Mime?
Test
Run
Voodoo
Fear
Raising the Stakes

Best Cinematography High School
Music is Powerful
A Peaceful Wilderness 
WINNER Nunca Te Deje
What’s my favorite part of life
RUNNER UP Surveillance
The Waterfront

Best Music/Dance Video High School
Music is Powerful
Ireland 2018
WINNER Too Toxic
Wrong Generation
Judas
Nunca Te Deje

Best Editing High School
My World
What is your favorite part of life
Star Wars: Uprising
Timer
WINNER Music is Powerful
A Peaceful Wilderness
Yuma

Best Special Effects
Surveillance
WINNER Star Wars the Rebel Uprising
Journey
Iterum
My World
I Can’t Even Feel It

Best Documentary High School
Kindness
Fear
Music is Powerful
RUNNER UP Dancing on Black and White
WINNER Dancers that Inspire
Sandy Hook
Boxing

Best Animation High School -You Reap What You Sow
Best Horror High School -Run